Although I've primarily fished the piers and shore along the west coast of Florida, I found live shrimp cast out with some weight a foot or two up the line to get 'er down to the bottom pretty much worked for everything. Snappers, Jacks, Sheephead, etc. Fun, simple and productive. Any bait and tackle shop will let ya know where there are good locations to fish from shore and which locations have bait shacks with live shrimp.
Good luck and good fishing( and good eating! ).